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First edition of this erotic collaborative essay by Bellamy and Harrison, written to accompany the exhibit "Smells Like Vinyl" at New York's Roger Merians Gallery.
First edition of this erotic collaborative essay by Bellamy and Harrison, written to accompany the exhibit "Smells Like Vinyl" at New York's Roger Merians Gallery.
Scarce and colorful "sampler" of largely unpublished material from the making of foundational graffiti film, WILD STYLE, assembled by the director for its 25th anniversary.
First edition of this curated collection of fragments and excerpts from Ginsberg's journals between 1948-1968.
First edition of this charming pop-up recreation of one of Red Grooms's "sculpto-pictoramas," interactive artistic experiences that "are the ultimate in participatory art" (essay).
Scarce first edition of this atmospheric beatnik sleaze pulp, whose hero casts an erotic spell over the lesbians of New York "like Pan, the satyr-god," with his heterosexual saxophone stylings.
Black-and-white papier déchiré (torn paper) frontispiece by Hans Arp [Jean Arp].
Scarce punk zine with a feature essay on "Death of a Punk" by Jane Huntington, edited by the Ramones cover album-illustrator and founder of PUNK Magazine.
First edition of the famed ethnobotanist's handy pocket guide to ayahuasca, cannabis, true and false peyotes, belladonna, and many exciting mushrooms.
A substantial run of more than 30 issues of THE POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER, from the collection of poets Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon.
Uncommon first edition of this artist's book by the American "paraphotographer," a series of visual and verbal dialogues between men and women inspired by two lines from Mishima.
Mid-'70s issue of the vital literary magazine, with work by Ferlinghetti, Harold Norse, Michael McClure, A.D. Winans, David Moe, and many others.
First edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art — the first such work by a major publisher, Abrams.
Eleven issues of this vital and lively book review of small presses and little mags — poet Joel Oppenheimer's copies, with his mailing labels to several issues.
Scarce portfolio of over 20 numbered black and white plates of female nude studies of the painter Adélaïde Verneuil de Marval — the photographer's wife, photomodel, and collaborator.
Eight issues of the periodical BEZOAR, a L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E-adjacent little mag published between 1975 and 1981.
Fourteen issues of this Lower East Side poetry stalwart — DC Mass Transit poets Doug Lang and Terence Winch's copies.
Scarce periodical anthology of gay fiction, with contributions from Dennis Cooper, Robert Glück, Brad Gooch, David Sedaris (a very early appearance), Gary Indiana and many others.
Five issues (likely all published) of this late-70s/early-80s gay tabloid from William Kern (under pseudonym), gossip columnist and publisher of THE HOLLYWOOD STAR.
Inscribed first printing of Warhol's impressionistic semi-memoir, both initialed and signed in full.
First printing of Kerouac's first published novel, incorporating elements of his own life and heavily fictionalized portraits of major Beat figures, an excellent copy.
First edition, review copy, of this debut apocalyptic poetry collection — with a personal note by the publisher's general editor to poet Ron Silliman laid in.
Crisp limited edition artist's book by the innovative mixed-media artist, using sandpainting and screenprinting to depict the role of television broadcasting on the public perception of the Gulf War.
Uncommon first edition art book, containing previously unpublished material from the making of the foundational graffiti film, WILD STYLE — assembled by the director for its 25th anniversary.
First edition thus of Kerouac's novella recounting his relationship with Alene Lee, who picked him up for his "beautiful" profile and walked away from him in her own good time.
First US trade paperback edition of Kerouac's journey towards experimental writing in which he jotted down his stream of consciousness as a means of "letting go."